Factory build sheet
2008 Jeep Compass Rallye
Build 1J8FT470-8 · 2L 4cyl · Front-wheel drive · Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 1J8FT470 and position 10 reads 8. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Compass whose VIN starts 1J8FT470 and carries 8 in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 640 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 640 known VINs
- 3 listed for sale now
Factory specification
As filed by Jeep with NHTSA for this build. Fields the filing does not record are left out entirely — a missing row means no recorded value, not a missing feature.
Engine
- Displacement
- 2 L
- Cylinders
- 4
- Configuration
- In-Line
- Valve train
- Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Drivetrain
- Drive type
- Front-wheel drive
- Brake system
- Hydraulic
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)/Multi-Purpose Vehicle (MPV)
- NHTSA body type
- MULTIPURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLE (MPV)
- Doors
- 4
- Series
- MK
- Manufacturer
- FCA US LLC
Weight rating
- GVWR class
- Class 1C
- GVWR
- 4,001–5,000 lb
Gross vehicle weight rating is the loaded ceiling set by the manufacturer, not the car's own weight.
How this VIN pattern is read
A 17-character VIN carries two kinds of information: what was built, and which one it is. This page is the first kind — the nine highlighted positions.
| Positions | Characters | What they encode |
|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | 1J8 | FCA US LLC · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | FT470 | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | 8 | Model year — 2008 |
| 11 | × | Assembly plant |
| 12–17 | ×××××× | Production sequence number, unique to each vehicle |
NHTSA safety ratings
Crash-test results are published per model year and body style, so they cover the 2008 Jeep Compass as a whole rather than this build alone.
Rollover
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
1 recall campaign is recorded for the 2008 Compass. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
640 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 1J8FT470-8 shares the specification above.
- 640 Known VINs
- 3 Listed for sale now
Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
Neighboring configurations
Other factory configurations of the Compass, each with its own build sheet. The set is fixed by the VIN patterns themselves, so it does not shuffle as prices or inventory move.
- 2008 Rallye 2.4L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · FWD 1,334 vehicles · $5,900 median
- 2008 Limited,Rallye 2.4L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · FWD 150 vehicles
- 2009 Rallye 2.4L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · 4WD 576 vehicles
- 1981 Rallye 2.9L 6-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · FWD 365 vehicles
- 2009 Rallye 2.4L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · 4WD 74 vehicles
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Where this data comes from
Specification fields are decoded from the manufacturer's filings in the NHTSA vPIC database, keyed on VIN positions 1–8 and 10. We publish the filed values as they stand and leave out anything the filing does not record.
Vehicle counts come from the 640 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.